Management — A Dynamic Science

Abstract

The national sciences of management as covered by this study are characterized by the fact that they look upon management more or less as a static phenomenon. Perhaps this is a consequence of relying on Taylor and Fayol in all possible respects. But even the fathers of scientific management did not overlook the fact that business is a part of life and therefore cannot be dealt with in a way e.g. archaeology would be entitled to ask for. An enterprise is a living organism created by man and we simply cannot use the tools which would have to serve dissecting an amorphous body when analysing this social entity and its phenomena. Nevertheless it has to be noted that Americans, French, Germans and Italians generally overlook this point in general. It is evident that forgetting about the dynamic structure of management will lead to misconceptions, errors and misstatements.